discursionn.

Brit.

/dɪˈskəːʃn/,

/dɪˈskəːʒn/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskərʒ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s discorsioun (Scottish), 1500s– discursion.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discursion-, discursio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin discursion-, discursio (in figurative use) path (Vetus Latina), action of running to and fro (4th cent.), wandering course of celestial objects (5th cent.), reasoning, discussion, deduction (15th cent.) < classical Latin discurs- , past participial stem of discurrere discur v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare discursation n. and earlier discurse n., discourse n.The form discorsioun may reflect association with discourse n. and related words.

1. A turn of thought; an act of moving away from the subject under discussion; a digression. Also as a mass noun.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression

digressionc1374

adigression1483

divagation1560

discursion1561

digress1598

discursation1618

excursiveness1753

discursativeness1819

discursiveness1819

digressiveness1877

1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice xlviii. sig. T.v He that desireth to kepe peace, and to haue the quietnes of minde, muste abstayne from discursions and troubles of the minde.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 1 The wild discursions onely of our tongue and pen.

1775 H. Knox Moral & Relig. Misc. Pref. p. iii Such thoughts as occurred first and most obviously to the open mind, in its free and unfettered discursions on said subjects.

1838 W. Fisk Trav. Continent of Europe xvii. 384 The reader will pardon these occasional discursions from the main thread of the journal.

1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 169 The name recalls us from our discursion to speak of one in whom so much [etc.].

1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. 30 138 Both text and notes tend to be more burdened with minute details and discursions.

1953 G. Heyer Cotillion iv. 55 ‘Now, take George, for instance! Know what he—’ ‘Well, I can't take George, because he is married already,’ said Kitty, ruthlessly cutting short this discursion.

1988 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 51 132/1 The brevity of the book is admirable. Totally devoid of discursion and padding, it is exceedingly well-written.

2009 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 97/1 Chapter-length discussions, discursions, and deconstructions unfurl apace.

2. The action of (rapidly) moving to and fro, or from place to place; an instance of this. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement hither and thither

discursiona1600

peripatetics1811

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 404 Richt grit displesour he had euerie da Of the discorsioun maid be Inglismen.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects ii. i. lxv. 287 If the Queene Bee miscarrie in the hive... All her subjects are presently in a sad mourning posture; now there is nothing but confused discursions, a wofull complaining, [etc.].

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 618 Volatils are most needful, for greater penetration and quicker discursion [L. discussionem].

1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 270 The Celestial Globuli by their more forcible discursions, made in the Air, more strenuously assault the watry Drop.

1960 Free Lance 5 15 Light..facilitates duration for eye-movement discursion around a foveal point.

3. The process or faculty of moving from one concept to another in a coherent manner; reasoned argument or thought. Also more fully discursion of the mind (also judgement, etc.). Cf. discourse n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun]

reasonc1330

skillingc1374

discourse?c1400

discursec1443

argumentationa1492

ratiocination1532

ration1548

discursion1603

discursiveness1647

discoursiveness1661

movement1869

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 132 Turning the discursion of his judgement [Fr. ta curiosité] from things abroad, to those which are within himselfe .

1650 T. Hobbes Humane Nature iv. 31 The succession of conceptions in the Minde..may be orderly..and this is discourse of the Minde. But because the word Discourse is commonly taken for the coherence and consequence of words, I will, to avoid equivocation, call it discursion.

1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine ii. 50 This supposes Piety and Vertue to have a Being, if so, then by an easy series of Discursion it must resolve unto a Deity.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 160 Discourse here..does not mean what we now call discoursing; but the discursion of the mind.

1846 O. A. Brownson Wks. V. 506 An act of intuition or of discursion as well as of faith..involves it.

1949 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 7 311 The intuitive attitude: no more discursion as in science, for now we proceed by soundings and thunderbolts.

2010 K. Pritzl Truth i. 24 Discursion is not just involved in the formation of propositions but effects certain types of pre-predicative intellection.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discursion
释义	discursionn. Brit. /dɪˈskəːʃn/, /dɪˈskəːʒn/, U.S. /dᵻˈskərʒ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s discorsioun (Scottish), 1500s– discursion. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin discursion-, discursio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin discursion-, discursio (in figurative use) path (Vetus Latina), action of running to and fro (4th cent.), wandering course of celestial objects (5th cent.), reasoning, discussion, deduction (15th cent.) < classical Latin discurs- , past participial stem of discurrere discur v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare discursation n. and earlier discurse n., discourse n.The form discorsioun may reflect association with discourse n. and related words. 1. A turn of thought; an act of moving away from the subject under discussion; a digression. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > discursiveness or digression digressionc1374 adigression1483 divagation1560 discursion1561 digress1598 discursation1618 excursiveness1753 discursativeness1819 discursiveness1819 digressiveness1877 1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice xlviii. sig. T.v He that desireth to kepe peace, and to haue the quietnes of minde, muste abstayne from discursions and troubles of the minde. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 1 The wild discursions onely of our tongue and pen. 1775 H. Knox Moral & Relig. Misc. Pref. p. iii Such thoughts as occurred first and most obviously to the open mind, in its free and unfettered discursions on said subjects. 1838 W. Fisk Trav. Continent of Europe xvii. 384 The reader will pardon these occasional discursions from the main thread of the journal. 1851 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ii. 169 The name recalls us from our discursion to speak of one in whom so much [etc.]. 1915 Eng. Hist. Rev. 30 138 Both text and notes tend to be more burdened with minute details and discursions. 1953 G. Heyer Cotillion iv. 55 ‘Now, take George, for instance! Know what he—’ ‘Well, I can't take George, because he is married already,’ said Kitty, ruthlessly cutting short this discursion. 1988 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 51 132/1 The brevity of the book is admirable. Totally devoid of discursion and padding, it is exceedingly well-written. 2009 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 97/1 Chapter-length discussions, discursions, and deconstructions unfurl apace. 2. The action of (rapidly) moving to and fro, or from place to place; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement hither and thither discursiona1600 peripatetics1811 a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 404 Richt grit displesour he had euerie da Of the discorsioun maid be Inglismen. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects ii. i. lxv. 287 If the Queene Bee miscarrie in the hive... All her subjects are presently in a sad mourning posture; now there is nothing but confused discursions, a wofull complaining, [etc.]. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 618 Volatils are most needful, for greater penetration and quicker discursion [L. discussionem]. 1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 270 The Celestial Globuli by their more forcible discursions, made in the Air, more strenuously assault the watry Drop. 1960 Free Lance 5 15 Light..facilitates duration for eye-movement discursion around a foveal point. 3. The process or faculty of moving from one concept to another in a coherent manner; reasoned argument or thought. Also more fully discursion of the mind (also judgement, etc.). Cf. discourse n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] reasonc1330 skillingc1374 discourse?c1400 discursec1443 argumentationa1492 ratiocination1532 ration1548 discursion1603 discursiveness1647 discoursiveness1661 movement1869 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 132 Turning the discursion of his judgement [Fr. ta curiosité] from things abroad, to those which are within himselfe . 1650 T. Hobbes Humane Nature iv. 31 The succession of conceptions in the Minde..may be orderly..and this is discourse of the Minde. But because the word Discourse is commonly taken for the coherence and consequence of words, I will, to avoid equivocation, call it discursion. 1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine ii. 50 This supposes Piety and Vertue to have a Being, if so, then by an easy series of Discursion it must resolve unto a Deity. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 160 Discourse here..does not mean what we now call discoursing; but the discursion of the mind. 1846 O. A. Brownson Wks. V. 506 An act of intuition or of discursion as well as of faith..involves it. 1949 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 7 311 The intuitive attitude: no more discursion as in science, for now we proceed by soundings and thunderbolts. 2010 K. Pritzl Truth i. 24 Discursion is not just involved in the formation of propositions but effects certain types of pre-predicative intellection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1561
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